Scouting and Guiding in Tasmania

Tasmania
OwnerScouts Australia
HeadquartersLea Scout Centre
LocationKingston, Tasmania
CountryAustralia
Founded1921
FounderThe Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom
Chief Scout
Barbara Baker
Chief Commissioner
Phil Harper
Website
www.tas.scouts.com.au
Scouting Scouting portal

Scouting in Tasmania began in 1908 with several separate associations operating in the early years including the Chums Scout Patrols, League of Boy Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts, British Boy Scouts and YMCA Scouts. These were later joined by The Boy Scouts Association, The Girl Guides Association and Life-Saving Scouts and Life Saving Guards of the Salvation Army. Some local groups of Scouts moved between associations. There has also been representation by the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association with a group of scouts in Devonport under Alan Richmond, OAM affiliating in May 1984.

Scouting and Guiding in Tasmania is now predominantly represented by Scouts Australia's Tasmanian Branch and Girl Guides Australia's Tasmanian Branch.

The Scout Association Of Australia Tasmanian Branch

The Scout Association Of Australia Tasmanian Branch is organised around several Scout Districts:

and a District for Distant Groups.

History

Captain D. Colbron Pearse was Assistant Commandant at the Humshaugh Camp run by the publishers of The Scout magazine, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, in England in 1908. Pearse was working for Pearsons as an illustrator.

Campsites and Facilities

The main adult training centre is the Lea Scout Centre, 8 km from Hobart. It also houses the Branch Headquarters and the Tasmanian Scout Heritage Centre opened in 1997. There are several other Activity Centres throughout the State.

North

North West

South

Girl Guides Tasmania

Girl Guides Tasmania is divided into 4 Regions

Guides Tasmania has two camp sites, Nindethana by the Tamar River near Launceston and Orana 20 km from Hobart in the suburb of Lauderdale.

Gang Shows

References

  1. ↑ Robert Campbell (1997). "Australian Scout History". boy-scout.net. Dorset, England, UK: The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. ↑ Robert Campbell (1993) Origins of the Scouts, Sydney, Australia
  3. ↑ Ray Jeffrey (1990) The History of Scouting in Tasmania, 1909-1985
  4. ↑ "Home Page".
  5. ↑ Scouting Milesones Biographies - Dennis Colbron Pearse
  6. ↑ "Campsites". Scouts Tasmania. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Guide Divisions
  8. ↑ Guides Tasmania Camp sites
  9. ↑ Hobart Gang Show